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Rough-fruited Buttercup (Ranunculus muricatus)Observer
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This plant is growing in and around a muddy cow-trod area. One of the shiny flowers had a black beetle on it.
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Red Horse-Chestnut (Aesculus × carnea)Observer
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This is a tree planted in a children’s playground.
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Silktassels (Genus Garrya)Observer
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These plants bordering the Alvarado Park playground have amazing catkins today!
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Monterey Cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa)Observer
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I came to the Kern Playlot to hang out with my Outside School summer camp kids to play and eat popsicles from the Stop and Go and wondered what these trees might be.
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Armenian Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)Observer
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The Outside School summer camp 2022 kids are enjoying harvesting blackberries!
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Purple Sulfur Bacteria (Order Chromatiales)Observer
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The Outside School 2022 students were curious about this purple stuff. It’s in Wildcat Creek, which has stopped flowing. This bit is stagnant, and smells bad when disturbed. There are white worms, mosquito larvae, and aquatic snails present. When the leaves or sticks with the purple stuff is moved, it falls off readily.
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False Puffball (Reticularia lycoperdon)Observer
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I found this with my 2022 Outside School summer camp students on the fallen trunk of a Monterey Pine.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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I scared this individual as I walked across the lawn. It flew away and landed again a few times before leaving the area. I wondered if it was drinking dew from the blades of grass.
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Shepherd's-Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)Observer
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Found in a rocky part of a lawn area while having a peaceful lunch at Outside School.
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Observer
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It was just sitting in the water and when it saw me it was just swimming a little bit. I saw it moving and I scooped it up. It was in the creek but the water was not flowing, kind of a deep puddle. We observed it for a little while and then I put it into the exact same puddle. -M, age 8
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North American Deer Mice (Genus Peromyscus)Observer
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We observed this rodent coming out of a rock wall, foraging, and grooming.
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Blue-eyed Darner (Rhionaeschna multicolor)Observer
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Huge dragonfly a child caught in a net. It hung out awhile on his hand before flying off.
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
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This patch of redwoods the children call the Redwood Forest is showing signs from the drought. The leaves appear darker and less shiny than usual, and there are lots of brown leaves.
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)Observer
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This quail walked right over to under a picnic table I was near. A child came running, not having heard that I said a special bird was near. That frightened the bird and it flew away.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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I know not great photos of this monarch, but I am trying to document when we see them.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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I know not great photos of this monarch, but I am trying to document when we see them.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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I just saw a monarch but was unable to photograph it. Still, I’d like to contribute this observation for the Western monarch project.
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Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)Observer
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“It is amazing. I have never seen it before in my life.”- 7-year-old student
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Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)Observer
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Apparently unable to fly. The children in my camp would like to feed it so we’re wondering what this is and what it eats.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
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Walking in a circle, left rear leg appears to be injured. Children have offered it jam in hopes it will regain energy.
